NCT07097298Recruiting
Empathy and (Self-)Compassion in Parkinson's Disease Patients and Caregivers
Empathy and (Self-)Compassion to Improve the Quality of Life of Parkinson's Disease Patients and Caregivers: an Exploratory Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Dec 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this clinical trial is to improve quality of life in Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients by increasing their empathy and their (self-)compassion. The main question it aims to answer is: Does the level of quality of life in PD patients and caregivers improve after empathy/(self-)compassion training? Participants will be delivered a 6-week empathy and compassion training (mindfulness, writing and poetry exercises addressing the cognitive, emotional, motivational and behavioural components of (self-)compassion) and will also be asked to answer questionnaires before and after the training
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 17 Jul 2025
- Start date
- Nov 2025
- Primary completion date
- Jul 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Alain Kaelin
- Diseases
- Parkinson disease
- NCT number
- NCT07097298
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 30
- From Nov 2025 to the primary completion date, Jul 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Any medical condition that is not PD, such as drug induced parkinsonism
- Other neurological or psychiatric diseases
- Neuropsychological scores compatible with the diagnosis of early dementia
- Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language problems, psychological disorders, etc
- For CAREGIVERS:
Other
- Major depression, dysthymia, or according to DSM-V
Who the study is looking for
- Diagnosis of PD
- Hoehn and Yahr scale, stage ≤ 3
- Mini Mental State Examination with a score ≥ 26
- Able to give informed consent as documented by signature
- At least, secondary school education
- To have a regular caregiver at home
- Taking care of the patient on a regular basis, i.e., at least 3 days per week
- Being caregiver of the patients for at least 3 months
- At least, secondary school education
- Written informed consent
Age in the registry: 50 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Istituto di Neuroscienze Cliniche della Svizzera Italiana, EOC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lugano | Switzerland | Recruiting |
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